ESF-LFUI Conference
Modes of Variability in the Climate System: Past-Present-Future
27 May - 1 June 2012
Final Programme |
| SUNDAY 27 May |
17:00 onwards: Registration
19:00: Welcome Drink in the Lounge
19:30: Dinner
| MONDAY 28 May |
Introduction
Session 1: Introduction to past and future modes of variability
Convener: Hubertus Fischer, Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, CH
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome addresses
09:00 - 09:45 Zhengyu Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Wisconsin, US
Global teleconnections in the atmosphere and ocean – An overvi
09:45 - 10:30 Christoph Raible, University of Bernh, CH
Towards a new understanding of teleconnection patterns
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
Session 2: Tropical Teleconnections
Convener : Bette Otto-Bliesner, NCAR, US
11:00 - 11:45 Hai Cheng, University of Minnesota, US
Past Hydrological Changes in the Monsoon System
11:45 - 12:30 Mat Collins University of Exeter, UK
Present and past ENSO dynamics (via Skype),
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Alexander Tudhope, University of Edinburgh, UK
Past El Nino variability
15:00-15:15 Nerilie Abram, Australian National University, AU
15:15 - 15:30 Yann Chavaillaz, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, FR
15:30 - 15:45 Flavio Lehner, University of Bern, CH
15:45 - 16:00 Katrin Meissner, University of New South Wales, AU
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session 1 (including coffee)
18:00 - 18:30 Panel Discussion on predictability of teleconnection patterns Chairs: Camille Li, Bjerknes Center, NO and David Schneider, NCAR, US
19:00 Dinner
| TUESDAY 29 May |
Session 3: Orbitally Changing Boundary Conditions of Climate Modes
Convener: Elisabeth Michel, LSCE-CNRS, FR
09:00 - 09:45 Bette Otto-Bliesner, NCAR, US
Deglacial Changes of Climate Variability
09:45 - 10:30 Camille Li, Bjerkness Center, NO
Atmospheric variability patterns during glacial
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:45 Early stage researcher panel discussion on perspectives in (paleo-) climate research
Session 4: Extratropical Teleconnections
Convener: Martin Grosjean, University of Bern, CH
11:45 - 12:30 Bo Vinther, University of Copenhagen, DK
The North Atlantic Oscillation in Greenland
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Thomas Felis, University of Bremen, DE
NAO and PDO teleconnections in middle latitudes from coral records
14:45 - 15:30 David Schneider, NCAR, US
Antarctic climate dynamics and its connection to low latitudes
15:30 - 16:15 David Thompson, Colorado State University, US
Annular modes: Why they exist and why they matter (via Skype)
16:15 - 18:30 Poster Session 2 (including coffee)
19:00 Dinner
| WEDNESDAY 30 May |
Session 5: Climatic Impacts of Ocean Circulation Changes
Chair: Jérôme Chappellaz, LGGE-CNRS, FR
09:00 - 09:45 Elisabeth Michel, LSCE-CNRS, FR
Southern Ocean circulation modes
09:45 - 10:30 Johann Jungclaus, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, DE
Impacts of rapid changes in the North Atlantic Overturning circulation
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:45 Matthew England, University of South Wales, AU
Climate modes of variability - the role of the oceans and future projections
11:45 - 12:30 Masa Kageyama, LSCE-CNRS, FR
Coupling of atmospheric circulation and changes in the AMOC
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 Free time
19:00 Dinner
| THURSDAY 31 May |
Session 6: Modes and their Biogeochemical Feedbacks
Conveners: Samuel Jaccard, ETH Zurich, CH and Eric. W. Wolff, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
09:00 - 09:45 Natalie Mahowald, Cornell University, US
The influence of aerosol on the climate system - Present and Past
09:45 - 10:30 Joellen Russell, University of Arizona, US
The Once and Future Battles of Thor and the Midgard Serpent or: The Southern Ocean's role in Global Climate
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:45 Christine Klaas, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, DE
The impact on marine ecosystems and the carbon cycle today and in the past
11:45 - 12:30 Jérôme Chappellaz, LGGE-CNRS, FR
Climate mode impacts on the global methane cycle
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Amaelle Landais, LSCE-CNRS, FR
Interactions between rapid climate changes and variations in biological and hydrological cycles
15:00 - 15:15 Tobias Bayr, GEOMAR, DE
15:15 - 15:30 Megan Gambs, University of Washington, US
15:30 - 15:45 Simon Parsons, University of Canterbury, NZ
15:45 - 16:00 Samantha Stevenson, University of Hawaii at Manoa, US
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 Forward looking panel discussion
19:00 Get-together & Conference Dinner
| FRIDAY 01 June |
Breakfast and departure
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